Accidental exposure after Amoxicillin in cats

The FDA has received 20 reports of accidental exposure in cats after Amoxicillin. That is 3.9% of all reports for this medicine, compared with 2.6% across reports for all cat medicines.

20Reports

5.0%Marked serious

5.0%Recovered

5.0%Died or euthanised

–Typical onset

How the animals did

Recovered

1 5.0%

Still unwell when reported

1 5.0%

Died

1 5.0%

Not known

17 85%

Problems reported at the same time

No sign

10 50%

Death

2 10%

Vomiting

2 10%

Breathing problems

1 5.0%

Drug administration error

1 5.0%

Inappropriate preparation of medication

1 5.0%

Swelling

1 5.0%

Wrong drug administered

1 5.0%

Age of the animals

Under 1 year

1–3 years

4–7 years

8–11 years

12+ years

About this medicine

Amoxicillin treats bacterial infections.

Questions owners ask

Can Amoxicillin cause accidental exposure in cats?: 20 reports link the two, but a report alone does not prove the medicine was the cause: other illnesses, other medicines or coincidence can be involved. Your vet can judge it for your animal.
What should I do?: Don't give another dose until you've spoken to your vet, and keep the packaging so you can tell them the product and dose. Your vet can also report it to the FDA (or you can, through the manufacturer or FDA form 1932a).

Accidental exposure with similar medicines

Accidental exposure after Cefovecin (Convenia) 24 reports · 0.3% of its reports
Accidental exposure after Amoxicillin + Clavulanate (Clavamox) 21 reports · 0.9% of its reports

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